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The holy Balshemtov walked in the field
In the cold dawn went walking in the field
As winds were blowing from the north.
Bitter cold from the north.
His limbs started to freeze.
Once his limbs were…
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Zishe Landau
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1916
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On the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Lies a palace of great majesty.
There God’s garden is planted,
But not a single tree sways.
Silence; no wave is heard,
Above, every flying bird
Is still and…
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Jacob Fichman
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Tel Aviv, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1917
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[In the royal palace. In the background stands the throne; on it sits the royal couple. To the left of the throne stand Klemens and the ladies of the court; to the right Count Lubecki and the…
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Shomer (Nokhem Meir Shaykevitch)
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
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1896
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Giorgio [Entering]:Am I disturbing you?Olga:So it seems! What good wind brings you here? Sit down.Giorgio:Thank you. I’m returning from the Exposition . . .Olga:Ah, you went! . . .Giorgio:.…
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Amelia Pincherle Rosselli
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1898
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Rosa:Oh, is that you, my friend . . . I was beginning to wonder why I haven’t seen you for two days; I was about to accuse you . . . I was inclined to think that you didn’t want to see…
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Maria Lerner
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1899
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Hershele:For a long time . . . The first evening that you were with us, on Hanuka . . . you said that . . . that Freydenyu . . . my wife’s niece . . . that . . .Mischief:What could I have said about…
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Jacob Gordin
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1900
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what on…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1900
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…
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Walter Rathenau
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
1897
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…
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Majer Bałaban
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Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)
Date:
1898
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We see that the categories of understanding the nation produced in its adolescence are a result of emotions developed in its childhood. According to our approach, we can conclude that the Talmud—which…
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Ḥayim Tchernowitz
Date:
1901